Canada's Regions


Unit 1 introduces you to the regions of Canada. You will be learning about the Canadian geographic regions: their names, where they are, and the geographic features.

Targets



Read the I Can statements to see what you need to know in Unit 1.

I Can . . .

  • Name the regions of Canada and place them on a map
  • Tell a little about the geography of each region
  • Name the three founding peoples of Canada

Geography is a science of the Earth's surface and the way it affects people or the way people affect the natural world. People who study geography are called geographers. Geographers are interested in Earth's physical features, such as mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans. They use maps to describe places and regions. Geographers study both good and bad effects of people on the natural world. They look at the past, present, and future.


In the first two-thirds of the course, you will identify landforms in various Canadian regions: continents, oceans, mountains, lakes, islands, valleys, waterfalls, glaciers (slowly moving chunks, or rivers of ice, formed by compact snow on mountains or near the north or south poles), canyons, rivers, plateaus, fjords (long, narrow, deep inlets of the sea between high cliffs usually formed by glaciers), volcanoes, islands, archipelagos (group of islands), and plains.  Click
to learn definitions of many landforms.

 Skill Builder



Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories.  You can learn more about them
. Practice identifying where the provinces are in Canada. You will need to know this important information throughout the course. Try this fun quiz here.

You will also need blank maps of Canada throughout the course.  Download this blank map of Canadian provinces here.